La cola del diablo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: one man lies on a bed at the center of the image, his uncle standing with a tail in hand to the right; and a man and a woman standing next to each other to the left. The script concerns the interaction between a nephew and his uncle. The uncle tries to frighten his nephew, who is lying down, by surprising him disguised as an orangutan. They get into a physical struggle and the nephew rips the tail off the disguise, although he never discovers his uncle. Later the uncle returns without the disguise and pretends that nothing happened. Their conversation which then follows centers on the nephew's plans for marriage.
Series: Galería del teatro infantil.
Front cover: Propietario A. Vanegas Arroyo México.
Signed in block lower right: Posada.
Back cover: Se hallan de venta al precio de diez centavos. Ejemplar. En la Tipografía de la Testamentaría de A. Vanegas Arroyo, 1918.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.523).
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).